Improvement in cheese-preservers



L' QBLAcKQ CHEESE-PRESERVER.

No; 170,223. Patented Nov.23,187 5.

. WITNESSES gvwwgiz/fm W ",PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHEW. WASHINGTON D C ATTORN EYS UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE;

JOHN Q. BLACK, OF sExToNvILLE, wrscoNsIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHEESE-PRESERVERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 170,223, dated November 23, 1875; application filed April 3, 1875. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it-known that I, JOHN Q. BLACK, of Sextonville, in the county of Bichland and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Oheese-Preeervers;

and-l do hereby declare that the following is 2 is a plan view of the same.

This invention has relation to devices for preventing the freshly-cut edges of cheeses from becoming dried from exposure to the air, and cracking in consequence thereof; and the nature of the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of the parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawings, A A designate two metallic plates, in the form of a parallelogram, which are hinged together at a, as shown in Fig.1. These plates are preferably of metal or glass; but they may be made of a close grained wood, or of any wood which may have been rendered impermeable to air by a suitable coating of varnish, or by any other available means. The outer vertical edges of these plates are provided with hooks a-, pivoted thereto in any suitable manner, which are adapted to be thrust into the cheese and disengaged therefrom by means of an actuatinghandle, I).

When the cheese is newly cut plates A are inserted into the gap, hinged edge foremost, and a preferably elastic cord, 0, connecting the free vertical edges of the said plates, is passed.

around the periphery of the cheese, holding the plates snugly and forcibly up against the freshly-cut surfaces thereof, effectually preare thrust into the rounding edges of the cheese, as shown in Fig. 1. 00rd c is then passed down and under the cheese, and is engaged into a pivotal center hook, at, which latter is then thrust into the body of the cheese,

as shown in Fig. 2. By this means cord 0 is kept out of the way, and is made to assist materially in supporting the block.

It will be seen from the above description that, being covered, the freshly-cut edges will at all times retain their moisture, and consequently are not liable to become cracked and seamed; also, that it will be impossible that these edges should be fly-blown or get covered with dust; hence the dealer will always be protected against loss of weight from evaporation, and his goods will at all times present a neat and attractive appearance.

I am well aware that a cheese-preserver having plates hinged together, and adapted to be secured upon the freshly-cut edges of a cheese, are not new, and I therefore do not claim such invention. 7 7

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

.lfhe combination of the hinged plates A A, book 61, and an elastic cord, 0, connecting the free vertical edges of the said plate, substantially as and for the purpose specified:

In testimony that I claim the aboveI have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN Q. BLACK.

Witnesses-z" GHAs. G. LAMBERSON, H. H. BARNARD. 

